Jeff G. Hammel

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Jeff Hammel, Global Co-Chair of Latham's Securities Litigation & Professional Liability Practice, is “one of the nation's leading securities litigation attorneys” according to The Legal 500 US. He regularly represents financial institutions, accounting firms, Fortune 500 companies, boards of directors, and individuals in securities and other complex commercial litigation.

Mr. Hammel has won dozens of shareholder class actions and derivative litigations, as well as other complex commercial cases. Mr. Hammel is co-author of the treatise Federal Securities Litigation, 3d Edition, 2015.

In re Omnicom Group Inc. Securities Litigation, 597 F.3d 501 (2d Cir. 2010) – Won summary judgment on securities fraud claims, which was affirmed by the Second Circuit, establishing important “loss causation” precedent regarding the events affecting stock price that can support a claim for securities fraud

“Exceptionally bright and skilled securities litigator” Jeff Hammel is “well informed and thoughtful on issues impacting financial institutions and is also a very practical lawyer who works well with businesspeople.”The Legal 500 US 2018